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The Hip Hop revolution n music and culture

Music is the air I breathe. Fr mr thn two decades, I hve been a writer of both lyric and song, lived and loved bth producing and performing R&B and Hip-Hop music. M life's work i, entertainment.

If you are looking for quality information regarding online coupon codes, follow the link I have provided, it will be beneficial for you. Th Hip-Hop revolution firt started whn I was B-Girl dng th electric boogie in the early 80's listening to artist's lik N W A, Cool Moe D, Queen Latifah, L L Cool J and Nw Edition, on th radio. Hip-Hop lter evolved int the full blown rap-game, known s "gangsta rap" n th early 90's when performers lk Tupac, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg tok ovr th charts, giving rise to th brand nw dirty south, get krunk, east coast/west coast Hip-Hop world w today nd rcrd breaking artist's lik 50 Cent and Ludacris. Hip-Hop h no rtulr systematic direction r rules, ext, the music wll lws remain complex mixture of passion and rhythm, combined with ld-school v. nw-school beats, battles, samples, mixes nd remixes f ver genre, frm Pop t Rock, Reggae t Classical, ven little bit of Cuntr. The Hip-Hop revolution is all abut th struggles nd triumphs n urban cultures, expressed thrugh inexplicable flows f lyricism, mixed with rhythms, beats and sounds tht wind nd intertwine lke baskets made f pure gold, weaving generations f music nd people togthr thrugh entertainment. Urban communities and the Hip-Hop movement hve bn making strong efforts to form mor positive direction for Hip-Hop in th 21st century and beond. The industry s a whol admits Hip-Hop ftn depicts negative sterotypes, beautifies violence nd encourages the degredation f women. These wer fw f th issues addressed t the "Frm Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes nd Degrading Images" hearings, held on Spetember 25, 2007 n Washington D. C. whih hosted panels f major entertainment company CEO's, Hip-Hop artists nd community activists, including Rep. Bobby Rush, n open arguements oncerning th current reationship btwn Hip-Hop nd our society. Evr culture, snc the beginning of time, h festered m form f negative impact in society, in all aspects f life, including religion. Hip-Hop no differnt thn th rest. But censorship nnt be allowed t dictate artistic expression, n mor than it shuld b allowed t stifle journalism r the right to free speech, howvr, t's about time Hip-Hop made a difference in ts quality and standards nd moral values, mt f whih ar missing n present urban society, t help maintain peace mng neighbors nd nner-city communities, building thm up a people, rther thn tearing thm dwn.I bleve, the m ways that Hip-Hop created an entire culture of music acros th globe, from th blood, sweat, tears nd vn deaths f rap artists, dancers, dj's, mc's, vocalists, actors and ther urban entertainers, Hip-Hop cn nd wll son overome the previous negativisms by evolving nt a mr responsible, respectful culture n our society. Th Hip Hop revolution in music and culture Hip Hop m about thrugh young kids in th streets f New York partying t sound systems, from nw technology, frm th electronic experimentation f Kraftwerk nd thr bands n the 70s. It fused elements from previous black

music, frm funk t reggae, vn disco(ven though it n be id t wa reaction to Disco, the underground reacting to th glitz, money nd glamour of the Disco clubs at th time). Grandmaster Flash w major innovator, wh, int electronics, created hs wn mixer so he culd cue the nxt recrd and develop hi 'Quick mix theory' gttng th bet parts togethr on time...and thn scratching the beats, chopping from n rcord t th othr. Kool Herc nd Afrika Bambaataa wre playing the bt bits f tracks thrugh large sound systems, 'battling' to e who ould play the bst nd th loudest. A whle new yuth culture evolved nd, over time, popular culture gained somthing special. Break-dancing, graffiti nd rapping wer part f the natural evolution frm th music, broadening th scene, the culture. It w an art-form vailabl t n interested kid. It's alo interesting tht punk w happening at th sm time, a th shared th sm DIY street level ideology. 'Planet Rock' b Afrika Bambaataa nd th Soul Sonic Force w vry important rord s t ws one f th big frst records tht fused th elements f the Hip Hop party break scene with th new electronic sounds coming frm people ung machines to make music, nml th TR-808, synthesizers nd samplers. Frm this experimentation house and techno wre to emerge. Scratching developed directly frm th Hip Hop scene nd hs becme scene n itslf with large competitions uch s DMC nd artists suh Q-Bert and th Scratch Perverts drawing massive followings. Scratching s found in a lot mr popular music thee days too. Graffiti to ha grown. It ha man negative connotations wth property vandalism but t ha beome muh mr widely accepted art-form, whh it dfintl whn done by talented people. Hip Hop nw i a nm. It has bme uh a powerful name tht t h lost t's way in the popular world wth heartless gangster rap (50 cent tc.) replacing th fun and innovation of original Hip Hop. But mab it tll i socially conscious(r subconsciously socially conscious), telling kids ll th hve t d make loads f money or die trn'. I th what life i abut? Wh? Mayb, a th biggest single form of music on the planet, wth large amounts of good stuff to b dug out frm underneath th bling bling stuff, t has lot t sa about th cuntr it originates frm, if nt th world.

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